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February 1, 2022 

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants.

Mary Girsch-Bock

February 1, 2022 

It was hardly a foregone conclusion that professionals would embrace remote working after the pandemic struck. Many people struggled through the early days of improvised desks and work-life conflicts. If COVID-19 had come and gone in a matter of ...

Paul McDonald

January 31, 2022 

Tax professionals need to account for shifting cybersecurity risks before a frenzied tax season captures their time and attention. Here are three cybersecurity trends that CPAs and accounting firms must address this tax season.

January 28, 2022  Sponsored

Intuit QuickBooks has announced two new products that provide small businesses and their employees faster access to their money, plus greater cash flow flexibility so they can succeed and prosper: QuickBooks Get Paid Upfront and QuickBooks Early Pay.

January 28, 2022 

Are you ready to grow your firm in 2022? There are several ways to do so, from adding more clients to offering additional services. While this list won’t tell you how to grow your firm or improve your existing services, it offers ...

Mary Girsch-Bock

January 27, 2022 

Host a coffee meeting weekly or once a month. That’s right. All it takes is you, a camera (cell phone is fine), and a cup of coffee. Keep the topic relevant and short. Spend 5-10 minutes with your virtual audience answering a question they might have.

Becky Livingston

January 24, 2022 

Approximately 43 million U.S. workers are classified as “exempt” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), meaning they are not entitled to overtime pay when working in excess of 40 hours in a work week. For a worker to be exempt, he/she must perform ...

Richard D. Alaniz, JD

January 18, 2022 

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent promotions and hiring announcements in and around public accounting.

January 14, 2022 

Over three days I racked up 71,200 Fitbit steps in an attempt to cover the more than 1.8 million square feet of show floor, 2,200 exhibitors, and the multitude of onsite presentations and virtual announcements.

Roman Kepczyk

January 10, 2022 

Although the payoff of a merger can be great, it can also be high risk, not just in a financial sense. To make the merger successful, both firms need to do a great deal of planning around integrating company culture.

Sandra Wiley

January 10, 2022 

Ideally, these tools should be intelligent automation solutions - meaning that they learn and optimize the process automatically over time. Furthermore, they should be compliant with payment security and AP reporting standards.

January 8, 2022 

If your small business receives payments from Venmo, PayPal or other third-party networks, you could be in for a rude surprise next year. Under a little-publicized provision in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), providers must begin reporting to the ...

Ken Berry, JD